We report experimental evidence on gender differences in financial decision that involves three depositors choosing …

they overestimated themselves. Men, however, do not seem to be similarly shame-averse. This gender difference may be due to … explain recent findings that women shy away from competition, demanding jobs and wage negotiations, as entering these …

, whereas our results indicate the opposite gender gap in Sweden. On average, children are more cooperative with boys than with …

elements in shaping gender differences in preferences. In fact, in matrilineal societies (Gong et al.; 2014; Gneezy et al …

We report experimental evidence on gender differences in financial decision that involves three depositors choosing …

We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other … decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions, free-riding and efficiency concerns for girls. Gender differences are … already established at approximately age 10. They cannot be explained by gender-specific increases in other …

There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … related to incentives. We can show that the sex di fference in the willingness to enter a competition is mediated by …

self-selection into competition for women, but not for men. Overall, we find tentative evidence for gender differences in … individual and gender differences in competitiveness. We measure individuals' autonomic nervous system activity in a resting …. We find that basal heart rate variability, a proxy for chronic stress, and acute competition-induced changes in heart …

This study investigates the extent to which gender differences in choosing to enter competitive tournaments are due to … women's lower taste for competition or differences in confidence. We examine three types of confidence and find that … ability, this measure eliminates gender differences in winner-take-all tournaments and, when entered with risk measures …